Entrance for stock-yard pens.



E. F. WILLIAMS.

ENTRANCE FOR STOCK YARD PENS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-14, 1915.

Patented Feb. 22, 1916.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD F. WILLIAMS, F GRAINIVALLEY, MISSOURI.

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, EDWARD F. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grain Valley, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Entrances for Stock-Yard Pens, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in stock pens and more particularly to entrances therefor, the primary object'of my invention being vthe provision of an entrance-way for stock pens of such a nature as torequire no doors or closures and so arranged as to absolutely prevent passage of stock through the entrance, although at the same time permitting men to pass readily in and out of the pen.

A still further object of my invention is to provide an entrance-way of the above described character which may be employed not only to permit the passage of men into and outof the pen but. which may be utilized asa passage-way between different sections of a pen and so arranged that two of the entrance-ways may be provided at adjacent corners of four pen sections to permit passage from any pen section into any other.

With these and other objects in view, my invention will be more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and then specifically pointed out in the claim which is attached to and forms a part of this application.

In the drawings: Figure l is a top plan view of a pen of conventional type provided with my improved entrances; Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of the pen, both figures being upon a very much reduced scale.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

For the sake of clearnessI have illustrated my entrances in connection with a conventional form of pen which may be of any desired shape and size, the pen shown in the drawings being rectangular and including walls 11' secured to and supported by posts 12. These walls may be formed of'rails, planks, wire or other suitable material or any combination thereof. For instance, in the drawings I have illustrated the walls as consisting, at their base, of. planks 13 in or-..

ENTRANCE :FOR STOCK-YARD 'PENS. i

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented'Feb. 22, 191

Application filed. August 14, 1915. SeriaINo. 15,509.

der'to prevent escape ofsmaller stock and above such lower portion, of rails 14:. In any event, the wall of the pen is usually approximatelysix feet high. The pen illustrated further includes a plurality of partition walls 15 dividing it into a plurality of sections or inclosures, these'partition walls being constructed in the same manner as the outer Walls of the pen and supported by posts 16. The outer wall of the pen is provided with gates 17 through which the stock may be admitted to the pen, at least one gate being provided for each inclosure of the pen, these gates being of theusual or any preferred construction. With the pens now in use, in order for a man to enter the pen it is either necessary'for him to open one of these gates, which are usually large and through which some of the penned in animals may escape during his entrance, or to climb over the Wall of the pen, a difiicult and sometimes dangerous task. Furthermore, if the stock gates are opened, the'man,

when shutting them after him, may fail to lock them and so permit'escape of the animals in the peri. Again, if the animalsin the pen are unruly and attack the man while he is in the pen, it is almost impossible for him to escape through the door or gate, which must be first opened. My in vention aims to overcome these diiiiculties by providing an entrance-way requiring no gate or movable part and so formed as to permit a man to pass easily through it and at the same time to prevent passage of the inclosed stock. In accomplishing this, I form the outer wall with entrance openings 18, one for each inclosure of the pen, these openings being approximately from 18 'to 24 inches in width. Directly inside of these openings and at adistance of approximately 18 to 24 inches from the inner face of the wall, I erect a barrier 19 which extends parallel to the wall and which is preferably the same height or a little higher than the wall. This barrier is constructed of planks or other suitable material secured to posts 20, the posts being preferably secured to the in; ner face of the barrier in order that anyv pressure exerted against the barrier from within the inclosure will not. tend to force the planks or other material making up the that the stock -inc1osed in" the pen IHHyJIIGt- T- be ableto seethrough' it and itsliouldbe'so constructed that its ends will extend equally beyond the ends ofthe:entrance?openings118a As will be clear from an inspection of F ig.

l of the drawings, a man may readily pass between one end of the barrier and: the Wall of thepen :until?he--reac1Ies'--the opening 18* in the Wall and then pass from-the. pens At riers 21 and 22. are provided}, extending;

across the space in one ofltheintersectingg walls and at right angles to ,andlagainSiL-the adjacentends o-ftthe other intersecting- Walla By this, means, I'l'proVi-de anentrance Whibh will. permit a man-in, any. pen to walk into.

any adjacent pen. through the same entrance,- Way and which will, neverthe1ess;,prevent,

passage OHEJStOGR; from one; incles nre [on the pen toanother:

In View of the above diiferent manners of pesitioningz. thee entrauee5-;=.a;ccording: to 'cir-' cun1stances, it will be understood that I'do not Wisht'e be liinited to any specific positioning of the entrances with respect to the Wall s of the pen or With respect? ti'oneach. other, my, inventiomconsisting rather in the provision of'an entrance-Way in the Wall of an inclosure of relativeLy narroW -Width\ and; in the provision ot, a; barrier in parallel] spacedl relatior to. such;Wall and projecting,

atrits endssheyondl'thje sides of themopening; therein. i

Havingthus;describedetheflinventiongvhat is claimedlzas new.isgi; The combination with? an ,inclosurqoifi a partition wall formed intermediate its.

length; ,With' atrrelilflively. narrow; opening p barriers.rp ara llelltoaandr slightly sp aced fiiOI the vpairtition walfh, one at; either.- side thereof: and opposite,the; oprning with ends b5 pl0jbOfill mate i l y beyond the, sides. of. the openinge p andlpartiftion sections can: 11ectingat.:their. ends with time intermediate portienscof heharr erss he eby passageways are filrnishedigfromwany one o the; s11bdiyisions of the,inclos lre:formeihgy theipasntition wallsinto all'. others,

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